Matilda Louise "Tillie" Talley

Matilda Louise “Tillie” Talley, 89, of Raytown, Missouri, formerly of Westport, died on Friday, November 23, 2007 at Research Medical Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 29, 2007 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Burial will be at 12:30 p.m. Thursday in Ft. Leavenworth Cemetery. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday at the McGilley Midtown Chapel, where the Rosary will be prayed at 6:30 p.m.

Tillie was born on November 9, 1918 in New Bedford, MA to John and Catherine (Runnells) Bulgar. She came to Kansas City in 1958 with her family and worked as a nurse’s aide and unit secretary at St. Luke’s Hospital until her retirement. She was a member of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. In addition to her parents, Tillie was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Talley, Jr., in 1977; and sister, Mary Andrews. Left to cherish her memory are her son, Clement Talley and wife Lana, of Kansas City, Missouri; three daughters, Naomi Talley, of Raytown, Missouri, Sharon Henson and husband Frank, of Fairview, Texas, and Diane Dunn and husband Jiles, of Kansas City, Missouri; two brothers, Clifton Bulgar and John Bulgar, both of New Bedford, MA; three sisters, Grace Goodine, of New Bedford, MA, Theresa Bazar and husband Philip, in Ft. Mill, SC, and Sarah Stroud, of the Bronx, NY; brother-in-law Richard Andrews; 11 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews and extended family who loved her deeply and will miss her greatly.